Died in prison
Name not reported
A man in his fifties or sixties died on August 21, 2021, at a local hospital after being held at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. The Oregon Department of Corrections said he died of COVID-19, the first COVID-19 death in its custody in months. The department does not release the names of people who die from COVID-19, so his name was not made public.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Oregon Department of Corrections attributes the death to COVID-19.
Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.